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An archaic green jade 'dragon' comb, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, circa 6th - 5th century BC | 東周春秋 約公元前六至五世紀 青玉龍紋梳子

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December 21, 03:05 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Property from a European Private Collection

An archaic green jade 'dragon' comb

Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, circa 6th - 5th century BC


Length 6.5 cm, 2½ in.

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Collection particulière européenne

Peigne en jade vert archaïque à décor de dragon, Période des Printemps et Automnes, vers le VIe - Ve siècle avant J.C.

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歐洲私人收藏

東周春秋 約公元前六至五世紀 青玉龍紋梳子

Elegant House, Chinese Curios, Hong Kong, circa 1991-1994.

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Elegant House,Chinese Curios,香港,約1991 至 1994年

Compare a similar jade comb with stylised dragon decoration, attributed to Spring and Autumn Period, illustrated in Deng Shuping, Qunyu biecang / Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl.41, p. 132, then sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29th November 2017, lot 2751; and one, excavated in Henan Province, and now preserved in Henan Institute of Cultural Relics, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji. Zhongguo yuqi quanji [Complete Collection of Classified Chinese Fine Arts: Jade, the Spring & Autumn and Warring State Periods], vol. 3, Beijing, 1993, pl. 67.